Professor (PES-C) of English and Linguistics at the English Department, FLHS, Mohammed V University in Rabat.
Editor of Langues et Littératures
Co-editor of The International Journal of Arabic Linguistics
Permanent member of the research center XXXX
Permanent member of the research laboratory CLEMS
Expert évaluateur du Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST)- Rabat (February 21, 2023 to February 21, 2026; also July 20, 2018 to July 20, 2021)
Associate member of the “Applied Languages and Cultures Laboratory”, FLHS, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida.
Member of the Moroccan Fulbright Alumni Association.
Founding member of OMaFoR-TICE (Observatoire Marocain de la Formation et la Recherche en TICES)- http://omafor.org
Member of the Editorial Board and scientific Committee of Journal of Applied Language and Culture Studies (JALCS)
Member of the scientific Committee of Asinag (Revue scientifique de l'IRCAM)
Member of the scientific Committee of Revue des Études Amazighes (REA)
Member of the scientific Committee of International Journal of Berber/Amazigh Research (IJBAR)
2005/Present- “Professeur de l’Enseignement Supérieur” (Senior Lecturer), Department of English, Linguistics, Mohammed V University in Rabat, FLHS.
2023- Fulbright Visiting Professor, Indiana University Bloomington
2005- Fulbright Visiting Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
2001/2005- “Professeur Habilité” (Associate Professor), Department of English, Linguistics, Mohammed V University, FLHS, Rabat.
2001- Docotrat d’Etat, Department of English, Linguistics, Mohammed V University, FLHS, Rabat in Joint-Supervision with the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (USA). (Dissertation: Stems Forms in the Non-Templatic Morphology of Berber.)
1999/2000- Fulbright Visiting Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
1994/2001- “Maître-Assitant” (Assistant Professor), Department of English, Linguistics, Mohammed V University, FLHS, Rabat.
1994- D.E.S., Department of English, Linguistics, Mohammed V University, FLHS, Rabat. (Dissertation: Tashlhit Agent Nouns- An Optimality-Theoretic Approach)
1991- C.E.C., Department of English, Linguistics, Mohammed V University, FLHS, Rabat.
1990- Licence, Department of English, Linguistics, Ibn Zohr University, FLHS, Agadir.
CMCF, Rabat- 2014
Tech-camp, Agadir
“Managing Teaching and Learning with Classroom”- Center for e-learning- MV University in Rabat- November 2019- XX 2020
2014- National Award for Scientific Research and Thinking- Awarded by IRCAM, Rabat.
2023- President of the IRCAM prize 2022
2023- Fulbright Post-Doctoral Grant, Indiana University Bloomington, U.S.A.
2021- Project title: MOOC- Speaking Accuracy, Appropriacy and Fluency- Projets pour le renforcement et l’amélioration de l’enseignement à distance (Le Ministère de l’Education Nationale, de la Formation Professionnelle, de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique-Département de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique et l’Ambassade de France au Maroc) (with Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie, Sorbonne Nouvelle- Paris 3) Not completed due to pandemic circumstances
2014/2016- Research project- Partenariat Hubert Curien TOUBKAL (Formerly Volubilis)- Volubilis MA/14/311-Campus France N° 30285ZM - On the nature and role of the root in Berber (Amazigh): Investigations into the mental representation of words. (In collaboration with Laboratoire Structures Formelles du Langage, UMR 7023, CNRS / Université Paris 8.)
2010- Contractual Book Translation Project- The Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture, Rabat (Revitalizing the Amazigh Language- Stakes, Challenges, and Strategies).
2005/2006- Contractual Research Project- The Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture, Rabat (The Verb Morphology of Amazigh: A Comparative Study of Five Dialects.)
2005- Fulbright Alumni Development Grant, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, U.S.A.
1999/2000- Fulbright grant (awarded by the Moroccan-American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, U.S.A.
1990/1994- Moroccan Ministry of Education, Postgraduate studies Grant, Mohammed V University, FLHS, Rabat.
Old World Conference in Phonology 8, Marrakech, Morocco, January 2011. (Local co-organizing member)
Lafkioui, Mena- “Structural and Algorithmic Geolinguistic Complexity in Tamazight” October 18, 2017- Department of English.
Lafkioui, Mena- “Typology and Evolution of the Negation System in Tamazight”, 20 octobre 2017- Centre 2LACS/Labo LACS.
Lahrouchi, Mohamed- « La structure phonologique des marqueurs flexionnels verbaux en amazighe et en arabe marocain », 7 mai 2018- Centre 2LACS/Labo LACS.
Ridouane, Rachid- « Whistled Amazigh, lexical contrast and the status of covarying features » 7 mai 2018- Centre 2LACS/Labo LACS.
Pater, Joe- “Serial Harmonic Grammar and Berber Syllabification.” November 7, 2018. Labo LACC and English Dpt.
Ussishkin, Adam- “Roots, or consonants? On the early role of morphology in lexical access.” LLAC Laboratory & the Department of English, FLHS- Rabat, 23 November 2018.
CAL/IRCAM- Rabat- Table ronde- January 2019
Lahrouchi, Mohammed. L’adaptation du r français en amazighe et en arabe marocain: Entre arguments phonologiques et indices phonétiques. LLAC laboratory/2LACS center- FLHS, Rabat, 26 November 2019.
Current Issues in Language, Education and Globalization: Courses of Action for 21st-Century Morocco. National conference- UM5R, FLHS- May 27-28, 2022 (co-organizer).
Langues et Littératures Book Presentation 1: Language, Power and the Economics of Education in Morocco (Springer, Singapoure) by Dr. Mohammed Errihani (Purdue University Northwest, USA) (Discussants: Prof. Mina Afkir & Karim Bensoukas). June 5, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtahSTVm-rI
Edited collections:
Bensoukas, K. and A. Boudlal (eds.) (2006/2007). Languages and Linguistics- Volume 18/19 Issues in Moroccan Linguistics: Papers in Optimality Theory. http://y.ennaji.free.fr/issue_18-19.htm
Bensoukas, K. (2012). (Guest editor). Langues et Littératures 22- Amazigh Linguistics- An Optimality-Theoretic Perspective. PDF (Excerpt)
Bensoukas, K. and A. Ech-Charfi (eds.) (2018). International Journal of Arabic Linguistics 4.1 (Special issue: Arabic-Amazigh Contact). http://revues.imist.ma/index.php?journal=IJAL
Boumalk, A. and Bensoukas, K. (eds.) (2018). Asinag 13- La Racine dans les Langues Chamito-sémitiques : Nature et Fonction. https://www.ircam.ma/?q=fr/node/28398
Korangy, A. and Bensoukas, K. (eds.) (2024). The Handbook of Berber Linguistics. Springer Handbooks in Languages and Linguistics. Springer, Singapore. https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-981-99-5690-6
Reviewing:
National journals:
Asinag
Languages and Linguistics
Journal of Applied Language and Culture Studies (JALCS)
International Journal of Arabic Linguistics
International journals:
Studies in African Linguistics
Language and Linguistics Compass
Canadian Journal of Linguistics
CORELA
Current Issues in Language Planning
Language Sciences
Brill’s Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics
Iles D Imesli
Glossa
Linguistic Inquiry
International book series:
Berber Studies (Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, Köln).
Springer- Language Policy series (Book proposal)
Springer-Nature (Book proposal)
‘Habilitation Universitaire’
Amrous, Nourddine (2014)- Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Rabat.
Doctorat dissertations
Defended
Blila, Safaa. (2013). Issues in the Applied Sociolinguistics of Morocco: Language Policy and Linguistic Human Rights. (Fulbright Joint-Supervision program, University of Arizona, at Tucson, Co-advisor late Richard Ruiz) (Post-doc, Canada)
Elmouhtarim, Said. (2015). Recent Language Education Policy in Morocco and the Challenges of Teaching English in Junior High schools. (recruited FLHS- Beni-Mellal)
Noâmane, Ayoub (2018). Patterns of Gemination in Moroccan Arabic: Issues in Phonology and Morphology- A Constraint-based Analysis. (Fulbright Joint-Supervision program, University of Massachusetts, at Amherst, Co-advisor Joe Pater) (Defended Nov. 2018; recruited FLHS- Rabat)
El Hamdi, Fatima. (2018). On Tashlhit Root Structure and its Implications for the Organization of the Lexicon. (Co-tutelle with Université Paris 8, Co-advisors Sophie Wauquier & Mohamed Lahrouchi and Fulbright Joint-Supervision program, University of Arizona, at Tucson, Co-advisor Adam Ussishkin) (Defended Nov. 2018; recruited FLHS- Rabat)
Chibli, Fatima (co-supervised with Fouad Saa). Aspects phonologiques de l’amazighe- Le cas de l’assimilation (previously supervised by Fatima Boukhris) (defended March 2021)
Ziani, Zoubida. Issues in the Morphology of Loanwords in Moroccan Arabic: an Optimality-Theoretic Approach. (Fulbright Joint-Supervision program, NYU, Co-advisor Maria Gouskova) (Defended July 2022)
In preparation
Hachoumi, Houmman. Moroccan Arabic Personal Pronouns- Morphology, Morphophonology and Paradigm Structure (enrolled end of 2016).
Kandil, Nissrine. Moraic Structure in Moroccan Arabic: Issues in Phonology and Morphology- A Constraint-based Approach (enrolled end of 2018).
Ighchane, Souhaila. Preterite Verb Morphology in Amazigh: An Optimality-Theoretic Approach (enrolled end of 2019).
El Bakhat, Yassine.
Kostan, Sara
El Jaouhari Mounia (Joint Supervision- CUNY)
Master’s theses
Defended:
2012/2013:
El Asri Traiki, Badreddine (2013). An Optimality-Theoretic Approach to Glides in Moroccan Arabic: Alternation and Phonemicity.
El Hamdi, Fatima. (2013). The Morphology and Morphophonology of Tashlhit Causative Verbs: A Constraint-based Approach.
Noamane, Ayoub (2013). Aspects of the Morpho-phonology of Causative Verbs in Moroccan Arabic: An Optimality-theoretic Approach.
2014/2015:
Bouhaissa, Nourelhouda. Aspects of the Morphology of Active Participles and Passive Participles of Non-derived Trilateral Verbs in Moroccan Arabic: An Optimality Theoretic Approach.
Hachoumi, Houmman. Moroccan Arabic Pronouns in a Theory of Constraint Interaction.
Ighchane, Souhaila. Aspects of Preterite Verb Morphology in Tashlhit: An Optimality-theoretic Approach.
2019/2020:
El Bakhat, Yassine. Moroccan Arabic Broken Plurals: An Optimality-theoretic Analysis.
El Mouatamid, Ilham. The Morphology of Reduplicated Forms in Moroccan Arabic.
Nzaike, Fatima. Infixation in Moroccan Arabic: Optimality Theoretic Approach.
Passage PH-PES/ Chercheur Habilité-Directeur de Recherche :
2017- Med I University- Oujda
2018- IRCAM- Rabat
2018- Hassan II University- Casablanca
2018- IRCAM- Rabat (December, 2018-January, 2019)
2020- Mohammed I University- Oujda
‘Habilitation Universitaire’/ HDR committees:
2011- Faculty of Letters, El Jadida (R. Erguig)
2012- Dar El Hadith El Hassania (N. Halim).
2012- Dar El Hadith El Hassania (H. Khtou).
2012- Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe (N. Elazrak).
2012- Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe (R. Laabdelaoui).
2012- Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe (H. Souifi).
2015- Université Paris 8, France (M. Lahrouchi)
2016- Faculty of Letters, El Jadida (R. Rhouni)
2017- Faculty of Letters, Kenitra (H. Makhad)
2017- Faculty of Letters, Rabat. (J. Slimani)
2018- Faculty of Letters, El Jadida (A. Ammari)
2019- Mohamed V University- Abu Dhabi (%)
2019- Faculty of Letters, Rabat (N. El Mqaddem)
2019- Faculty of Sciences of Education (A. Ichebah)
2019- Faculty of Letters, Rabat (A. Gharafi)
2020- Faculty of Letters, Rabat (K. El Aref)
2020- Faculty of Letters, Rabat (J. Bahmad)
Jury member in thesis defenses
Doctorat d’État theses:
2002- Imouzaz, Said. Interaction des Contraintes dans la Morphologie Non-Gabaritique de l'Arabe Marocain de Casablanca : Témoignages pour la Théorie de l'Optimalité. (FLSH, Ben M’Sik, Casablanca) (Advisor: Prof. Benhallam)
2018- Iazzi, El Mehdi. Norme et variations en amazighe marocain (aspects morpho-phonologiques)- Pour une approche polynomique de l’aménagement linguistique. (FLSH, Agadir) (Advisors : Profs. Ahmed Al Makari and Ali Barakate)
Doctorat theses:
2002- Faizi, Rdouan. Stress and Syllabicity in Goulmima Tamazight Berber: A Metrical Approach. (FLSH, Rabat). (Advisor: Prof. J. Saib)
2003- Erguig, Reddad. Uses and Functions of Literacy in Morocco from 1960’s to 1990’s. (FLSH, Rabat). (Advisor: Prof. B. Moussabbir)
2004- Hdouch, Youcef. Some Aspects of Extraprosodicity in Ayt-Wirra Tamazight Berber An Optimality Theoretic Approach. Doctorat National in linguistics. (FLSH, Rabat). (Advisor: Prof. J. Saib)
2004- Laaboudi, Daouia. Issues in the Phonology of Bni Zeroual Moroccan Arabic: An Optimality Theoretic Account. (FLSH, Rabat). (Advisor: Prof. A. Benhallam)
2004- Ouahidi, Meriem. Moroccan TV Advertising: A Sociolinguistic and Semiotic Analysis. (FLSH, Rabat). (Advisor: Prof. A. Youssi)
2004- Touati, Samia. Literacy, Access to Information and Development in the Last Decade of the Twentieth Century Moroccan Society. (FLSH, Rabat). (Advisor: Prof. B. Moussabbir)
2005- Ansar, Khalid. Sibilants in Berber. (FLSH, Rabat). (Advisor: Prof. A. Benhallam)
2005- Marouane, Mohamed. Prosodic Adjustment of the Moroccan Arabic Loanwords in Ayt Souab Tashelhiyt Berber. (FLSH, Rabat). (Advisor: Prof. J. Saib)
2006- Amrous, Nourddine. Pro-Drop Parameter Properties in the Interlanguage of Moroccan EFL Learners: a Constraint Interaction Analysis. (FSE, Rabat). (Advisors: Profs. A. Meziani and B. Zerhouni)
2007- El Yamani, Soumia. Stress Assignment in Rabati Moroccan Arabic Verbs: An Optimality Theoretic Approach. (FLSH, Rabat). (Advisor: Prof. J. Saib)
2010- Zeddari, Ikbal. The Acquisition of the English Dative Alternation by Moroccan EFL University Learners: An Optimality-theoretic Approach. (FSE, Rabat). (Advisor: Prof. M. Melouk)
2011- Ben Mhamed, Mohammed. Effects of Reading and Writing Pratice on Argumentative Essay Writing among Moroccan EFL Learners: The Case of IIHEM Students. (FSE, Rabat). (Advisor: Prof. B. Zerhouni)
2011- Trimasse, Naima. The Effect of Age, Proficiency and Task-type on Lexical Transfer: The Case of Moroccan EFL Learners. (FSE, Rabat). (Advisor: Prof. B. Zerhouni)
2013- Bzioui, Abdelhaq. Evaluating Human Rights Education in Moroccan Schools: Goals and Implementation-Human Rights in Islamic Education Classes as a Case in Point. (FLSH, Rabat). (Prof. F.Z. Lamrani)
2013- Sakale, Sana. The Teaching/Learning Process of the Speaking Skill in Moroccan Secondary School EFL Classes: Preceptions, Practices and Problems. (FSE, Rabat). (Advisor: Prof. B. Zerhouni)
2014- Latif, Hicham. A Study of Moroccan EFL Learners’ Requests: A Cross-cultural Approach. (FLSH, Rabat). (Advisor: Prof. A. Al Ghadi)
2016- Fati, Meryem. Investigating the Development of Cultural Awareness through Language Education- The Case of Moroccan Semester Six Students in English Departments. (FSE, Rabat). (Advisors: Profs. M. Melouk and B. Zerhouni)
2017- Ait Bouzid, Hassan. An Evaluation of Select Moroccan ELT Textbooks : Investigating Social, Cultural, Linguistic and Pedagogical Issues. (FLSH, El Jadida). (Advisor: Prof. R. Erguig)
2019- El Azzouzi, Monaim. A Linguistic Account of the Amazigh Riffian Folk Riddles: A Structural, Stylistic and Semantic Analysis. (FLSH, El Jadida). (Advisors: Profs. A. Bouylmani and Dr. S. Diouny)
2019- Iseksioui, Rachid. La phrase complexe en amazighe- Approche générative minimaliste. (FLSH, Rabat). (Advisor: Prof. F. Boukhris)
2019- Said, Khalid. Investigating Moroccan EFL Textbooks: Ethnicity, Gender and Discourse. (FLSH, Ben M’Sik, Casablanca) (Advisor: Prof. T. Jaafari).
2019- Nejmaoui, Nabila. Effect of Critical Thinking Instructional Practices on Moroccan EFL University Students’ Achievement in Writing: Mohammed V University as a Case-Study. (FLSH, Rabat) (Advisor: Prof. N. Amrous)
2020- Nadori, Neirouz. Linguistic Achievement in Reading: A Comparative Study of Moroccan Public and Private High Schools. (FLHS, El Jadida). (Advisors: Prof. Ahmadou Bouylmani and Prof. Reddad Erguig).
2020- Khartite, Brahim. A Study of the Persuasive Writing Performance of Moroccan Advanced EFL Students from an Intercultural Rhetoric Perspective. (FSE, Rabat). (Advisors: Prof. Mina Ichebah and Prof. Badia Zerhouni)
2020- Arssi, Abdelaziz. A Situational Analysis of Deaf Education in Morocco- Focus on Pedagogy. (FSE, Rabat). (Advisors: Prof. Ahmed Ech-Charfi and Prof. Taibi Nour).
D.E.S. thesis:
1996- Hammari, Abdelouahed. Place Features in Rhafsai Moroccan Arabic. (FLSH, Rabat). (Advisor: Prof. A. Benhallam)
Jury member in recruitment committees:
2005- Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe- CAL.
2006- Mohammed V University, Faculty of Letters, Rabat.
2007- Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe - CAL & CRDPP.
2008- Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe - CAL
2009- Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe - Chercheurs contractuels
2010- Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe - CAL
2010- Mohammed V University, Faculty of Letters, Rabat.
2012- Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Faculty of Letters, Fès-Saïs.
2014- Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Faculty of Letters, Fès-Saïs, November.
2014- Mohammed V University, École Supérieure de Technologie, Salé.
2014- Mohammed V University, École Nationale Supérieure d’Informatique et d’Analyse des Systèmes, Rabat.
2016- Mohammed V University in Rabat, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences.
2016- Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Faculty of Letters, Fès-Saïs, December.
2017- IERA, Rabat. (June 2017)
2017- Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe - CAL. (October/November 2017)
2018- Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, El Jadida (April 2018)
2018- Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Faculty of Letters, Fès-Saïs, (September 2018).
2019- Mohamed 1st University, Oujda (January 2019)
2020- ENS, Rabat (September 2020)
2020- FSJES, Sale (October 2020)
2020- Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Rabat (X2) (November 2020)
2020- EST, Sale (December, 2020)
Fulbright grant program committee:
2011/2012- Moroccan American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange, Rabat (Moroccan Joint supervision program grantees)
Entrance exams
2020- CFIE- Rabat- entrance exam- Written (28 November 2020) + Oral (Dec. 21-24, 2020)
Selection and orientation committees
Undergraduate program: Orientation Session for Licence program- FLHS, Rabat, 2011-2012; 2012-2013; 2013-2014; 2014-2015; 2018-2019.
Master’s program: 2011-2012; 2013-2014.
Doctoral program: 2009-2010/2014-2015; 2016/2017; 2018/2019; 2019/2020
Bensoukas, K. (2014). Phonetics CD-ROM
Bensoukas, K. (2014). YouTube channel- « UM5A Phonetics »
UM5A Phonetics - Vocal organs
UM5A Phonetics - Consonants
UM5A Phonetics - Vowels
UM5A Phonetics - Glottalic airstream
UM5A Phonetics - Velaric airstream
UM5A Phonetics YouTube Channel here
Bensoukas, K. (2020). Google Classroom- Introduction to Language
Google Classroom Introduction to Language here
Bensoukas, K. (2020). Introduction to Language website
Go to Introduction to Language website
Bensoukas, K. (2020). Transcriptainment website
Go to Transcriptainment website
Bensoukas, K. (2022). Phonology/Moephology Bibliography
Go to Phonology/Morphology Bibliography website
Google Classroom- Phonology (Fall 2020)
Google Classroom Phonology here
Google Classroom- Spoken English (Fall 2020)
Google Classroom Spoken English here
Research Methods for Doctorat students- Video of online meeting (with Prof. Ezroura and Prof. Karimi) (COVID-19)- 15 May 2020
(58:39-1:23:30)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jo0HMWgfKo
Vodcast- Méthodes de recherche en linguistique- Designed for Doctorat students (COVID-19) (17 May 2020)
(41:46-1:25:10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DidsAM_DFKk
Bensoukas, K. (2020) (with Nourddine Amrous, Fatima El Hamdi, and Noamane Ayoub). Spoken English Website
Google Classroom- Introduction to Linguistics (Spring 2021)
Former Member of the English Department Council, FLHS, Mohammed V University, Rabat.
Former Permanent Member of the “Culture, Language, Education, Migration and Society” (CLEMS) Laboratory, FLHS, Mohammed V University, Rabat.
Former Member of the Council of CLEMS Laboratory, FLHS, Mohammed V University, Rabat.
Former Associate member of the Research Team “Langue, Littérature et Culture Amazighes”. FLHS-Saïs-Fès, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fès.
Former member of the Master’s program "Language and Linguistics"